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G. B. SINCLAIR.

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APPLICATION FILED Mln/5,1915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. I9I5. I f 1,166,552. Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE. i,

GEDGE B. SINCLAIR, OF GEORGETOWN, MAINE.'

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To uit' 'wh-0mr it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. SINCLAIR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Georgetown, in the county of Sagadahoc and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buildings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The object if this invention is the effect ing of such improvements in methods of constructing dwelling-houses 'and the like as shall enable the same to be made at a greatly reduced cost, which shall be verminproof, and will contain other advantages hereinafter set forth, my improved method consisting essentially in having the boal'ding, usually applied to the outside of the studding, adapted to compose the inner wallsurface, thereby avoiding the necessity of' lath and plaster, and dispensing entirely with the studding.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a part of a house-wall embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of a portion of a house. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a house-wall. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a section of planking sawed to form two girts of a wall. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a house embodying my improvements, a part of the same being in section.

In building a house in accordance with my improvements, the sills 1 are laid upon suitable foundation supports in a well known manner. rlwo boards 2 and il are then fastened together to compose a V, of a length equal to the height of theveavcs of the proposed house, for each corner of the latter, as indicated in Fig. 2. These compound corners are nailed at their lower ends over the corners of the sills 1, and braced in an accurately vertical position. Next, boards or plates 4 are fastened at their ends to upper ends of the compound corners 2, 3, to their outer surfaces (Fig. 1); and then two planks 5, (5, are vfastened over each of the compound corners, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Following this, or even before the planks 5, G areapplied, two narrow timbers or girts 7, 9 are 'fastened at their ends to the corners of each wall; the same being extended horizontally, one at the top of the proposed windows, and the other at the level of the Window-sills, and'designed to compose the top-frames and sills of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 5, 1915.

Patented J ain-4, 1916.

serial No. 26,090. v windows. These girts `are preferably made by'sawing a plank longitudinally "at a slight angle, as indicated in l1`ig. 4, one part being taken for the upper gil-t7 andthe other for the lower girt 9. '1`he girt 7 is fastened in place with its oblique surface upperniost` as shown in Fig. 3, but the girt 9 is disposed with its oblique Surface inward in order to form a wide sloping sill, the under surface of the girt 7 being arranged horizontally in order not to interfere with the openingand` closing of the windows, which are of ythe easement type. 'l'he ends of these girls are fastened to the outer surfaces of the `corner boards 2, 3. Vertically disposed boards 10 are now fastened at their lower ends to the outer surfaces of the sills 1, and to the inner surfaces of the girts 7, 9, and plates 4, with the exception of the places at which the windows are to be located. At the points above and below said places, short boards 11 are fastened to the said horizontal elements, and suitable window-trimmings 13 are applied to the sides of the windows to the exterior of the boards 10, and other trimmings 13 are fastened about the windows within the wall both at the sides and above and below the windows. lVindows 1l are of what is known as the easement type, and'to be hinged in the window-openings. Clapboards 15, or shingles 18, may now be applied to the outer surfaces of the board ings 10, 11, between the girts 7, 9 and planks 5, 6; a suitable roof is put on; the inner surface of the bom-dings may be painted, or l papel-ed, and the house isready for occupancy.

By having the girts 7, 9 present slanting surfaces upward, the rain is shed therefrom, and dust is more readily washed ofll there'- from. 'The compound corner posts built up of the corner boards 2, -3 and planks 5, (l,

give a strength to the corners exceeding that -bun alows such as is illustrated in Fi". 5.

This, in external appearance, is merely a story-and-a-luilf building, although internally it is a full two-story house. Here the vboards 10 extend up to the ceiling of the second floor, plates 16 being fastened to their inner surface for the support of the floor joists 17 upon which 1s laid the flooring 19.

Sheets of plaster 20, already Well known;

.may be nailed to the under sides of the joists, and moldings 21 can be fastened be neath and near the upper edge of each plate 16 to give a cornice-effect to the room.

Boards 22 applied obliqu'ely to the upper part of the sides of the house, give the desired sto1y-and-alialf eilect, said boards providing the appearance of a. pitch'roof. To increase this effect, the Wall vof the house beneath the boards 22 may be covered 'with one form of covering, as shingles 18, and the portion above and. to the sides may be of another type,as clapboards 15. The main ridge of the roof is made the saine height as the meeting of the boards 22;

What I claim is:

1. A building comprising sills, top plates, corner-boards, horizontal girts extending from corner-boards to corner-board, one along the Window-tops and the other along ing the inner surfaces of the Walls.

2. A building comprising sills, top plates, corner-boards, two horizontal girts Iextended I from corner to corner of each Wall, each having a vertical inner surface and a slanting upper surface, Window frames of which said girts forni the tops and sills, and vertical boards fastened side by side to the outer surfaces of the sills, and to the inner surfaces of the girts and top plates.

.ln testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of April, 1915. l

GEORGE B. SINCLAIB. `Witnessz A. B. UPHAM. 

